Virginia Hall was one of the best spies in WW2; depending on who you ask, she was the best - but in the end, Virginia is a person who had simple beginnings too. She was close with her family but had a special connection with Edwin Hall, her father. She was a tomboy, engaging in activities such as hunting, riding horses bareback, and others.
Virginia had trouble in achieving her goal of working to help with WW2. She took up a few smaller jobs that helped the cause but always had an urge to do more, to act. The first job she took up that gave her satisfaction was driving ambulances for the military - it was one of the few jobs that allowed women and foreigners to apply. Though problems arose when her mother, Barbra Hall, became aware of her new job. Even though Virginia had given her mother reasons why it was a good occupation, Barbra was confused about why she would want to run away from her comfortable life.
She met a man once after her first active job, which would drastically change the next course of events. They spoke on what was happening with America and France; she stood out to the man, and he gave her a phone number. Though she would forget about it till much later when she dug it back up - setting up a meal with a man to discuss. She was able to land a job as a secret liaison officer, class A, working for British intelligence. This also made her the first female F-section and the first liaison officer of either sex.
She continued to work there for a while, doing her job well, until she became recognizable to the Nazis. She was dubbed "La Dame Qui Boite," the lady who limps by them, and was forced to make an escape past the Pyrenees mountain range. Despite all this, she insisted on returning, where she led several thousand French resistance fighters on the eve of the D-Day invasion.
She carried out her work until WW2 had ended. Then she joined the CIA, and later retired at the mandatory retirement age of 60. She lived the last 16 years of her life in Barnesville, Maryland, before passing away at Adventist Hospital in Rockville on July 8th, 1982, due to natural causes.